The suburbs may have seen the music players of choice — Sony Walkmen and other gizmos of that ilk — growing smaller and smaller, but in the cities, on the streets, size was king. And there was no music player bigger and badder than the Conion C-100F, an off-brand Japanese-made boombox that sold for $450 or so in 1985 (about $1,100 in 2020 money).
These are listed on ebay for like $1000-$2300. Insane.
And it needs 36 D batteries.
Sure, but then you’re like the coolest person on the block for at least half an hour.
According to my other link, 10 D batteries.
I’d imagine that one might be better off using a lithium-ion power station with an inverter and just using the power cable.
My math says 3 hours run time at full volume
We used to fill entire landfills with batteries, good god.
Apparently, they were pretty expensive when new.
https://blog.audiogon.com/2020/08/03/retro-tech-spotlight-conion-c-100f/